The History Book Club discussion

Jodi that is a great introduction. We all come to our interest in history in different ways, thank you for sharing what sparks your curiousity. Welcome, we are glad to have you as a member.

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by Jeffrey Toobin

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Welcome Cindy and Jodi, glad you found us. Enjoy.

Glad you found us, Cindy and Jodi....this is the place for the history buff. Please browse the threads and join in the discussions/book recommendations. And most of all.......enjoy!!

Hi Jodi, welcome to the group.
Apart from all the fascinating discussions on history we also have quite a few fine threads on music - all kinds from all places.
Come and take a look/listen if you like.
Best,
André

Hello Cindy and Jodi. Welcome to the History Club. Have fun and participate!

Hello I'am Richie. I think I already introduced myself on here a while but i forget if I did or not. I love learning about the president's and the civil war. also like reading books about anything horror or crime related. Just wanted to say Hi everyone.

Welcome, Richie. Glad you could join us. We have plenty of presidential action going on here.

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Jon Meacham

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oops pressed the wrong button. as I was saying, I'm currently recovering from a leg operation but did work for a charity. Books are important to me to a somewhat irrational degree....I'm adding them to goodreads a few at a time but have my own records and am approaching the 1000 mark. My main interests are history and politics, but I make sure I get through some fiction every year. And I have a bizarre dog subcategory.

I also enjoy music, film and decent tv. Oh and hats. Of course.

Greetings Everyone,
My name is Brannon Sirmon. I am 26 years old living and working in Birmingham, Alabama. I attended the University of Alabama majoring in business but after reading my great-grandfather's authentic WWI diary it changed my life along with my career path. It sparked an interest to help disabled veterans. It also made me realize my passion for reading and writing. I have always enjoyed learning new things, especially history, but it really blossomed because of my 10th grade history teacher. I believe educators are the most important and influential people in a person's life.
Thanks!

Welcome, Brannon. Great story and thanks for sharing.

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Jon Meacham

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Welcome, Brannon, to the place for the history lover. Please browse the topics and join in the discussions/book recommendations. BTW, that was a great introduction.

Welcome Richie, Louise and Brannon to the History Club.

this is Louise again. just to add, I'm 32 and live in Dudley I'm the UK. It has a castle and an excellent 'black country museum'.

Hi Richie, Louise, Brennan, welcome to the group.
Apart from all the fascinating discussions on history we also have quite a few fine threads on music - all kinds from all places.
Come and take a look/listen if you like.
Best,
André

Thanks, everyone!
I'm a big music fan Andre, so I'll definitely check it out.
Brannon

Welcome, Louise88. Hope you heal quickly.

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Jon Meacham

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Thanks, I been looking around the club. pretty interesting presidential collection. wished i would have found this sooner.

Hello everyone my name is Robert and I am looking foreward to getting to know other members of the group. This is the first group I've joined and I'm very excited since Non-fiction and memoirs are what I enjoy reading. I work from home. I have two rescue dogs that are two of my best friends. I enjoy cooking and baking. thats all for now :)

Welcome Richie, Brannon, and Louise88. We are glad to have you all! There is a lot to explore on these threads and hope you participate in the discussions and recommendations. Enjoy!

Welcome Robert, we are glad to have you as a member.

As you get started please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post . Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post. This is how books you mention should look:

by Jeffrey Toobin

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a moment to read our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

and the orientation to get you started:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Thanks and glad you joined us.

Welcome Robert, glad you found us.

Glad you found us Louise,,,,,lots to see and do for the history lover.

Hello Robert and welcome to the History Club. Working from home with a couple of great dogs sounds good to me. Rescue dogs play a role in history. Have fun and participate.

By the way, I feel many organizations would benefit from being run by dogs and cats. you look very wise and astute bentley

Hi Robert, welcome to the group.
Apart from all the fascinating discussions on history we also have quite a few fine threads on music - all kinds from all places.
Come and take a look/listen if you like.
Best,
André

Brannon wrote: "I'm a big music fan Andre, so I'll definitely check it out.
Brannon"

I hope you can find some nice inspiring videos.

Welcome, Robert to history central!!!! Lots of things to do and see here and many animal lovers as well! Enjoy.

Hi everyone, I am just a little TOO excited to have found this group. I've always been an avid history reader and am new to being an active participant on goodreads.

I'm about 6 months into a +/- 3 year read through the US Presidents. I started thinking I'd read their memoirs, but that expanded to a top biography for each President, whatever memoirs I could find from their cabinet members and now a visit to as many of the Presidential Libraries as I can get to. (Nixon and Reagan so far, but my wife and I will hit LBJ, GHWB, GWB, Clinton and Carter when we take the long way from our current home in Newport Beach, CA to our new home in Lexington, KY.

I've read the memoirs of GWB's Decision Points, Nixon's RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon and Carter's Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President so far. I'm currently on LBJ's The Vantage Point: Perspectives Of The Presidency 1963 1969. I'm going through the "Social Change & Soviet Relations" era. I've organized my reading lists by eras based off the Miller Center at UVA's groupings (it's been helpful so far): http://millercenter.org/scripps/archi...

I'm also reading Schlesinger's American Presidents series as a companion, because memoirs/bios tend to be 600+ pages and it's a nice break to read a 150 page life story from time to time. Of those, I've read LBJ, Nixon and I'm currently on Carter. I'm pretty unimpressed with the series so far, unfortunately.

Well, that's me. Looking forward to talking books with all of you!
George W. Bush
Richard M. Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Lyndon Johnson

Wow, welcome Jason. I’m very glad you joined the History Club. I've just started reading "Washington: A Life" and I found it very interseting that the first president was 6'0" not 6'3"-4".

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Ron Chernow

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Thanks Mark! I've got Washington: A Life on my "to read" list. Looking forward to it, though I'm not sure I'll get to the "early republic" period for another year or so. Thank you for the heads up on the format...I"m still working my way through all the introductory material for the group. Ron Chernow

Welcome Jason. We have a lively presidential series going on. Jump right in.

Thanks Bryan. Can you direct me to the current book club book on a President? I'd love to join in and catch up.

Welcome Jason, and thanks for the great intro. We have an ample selection on US Presidents and a discussion thread for each along with periodic group reads. Many other discussion topics as well so please browse and join in the discussions and recommendations. We look forward to your participation.

Jason wrote: "Thanks Bryan. Can you direct me to the current book club book on a President? I'd love to join in and catch up."

We have one finishing up on Jefferson:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

In May, we have another one:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

Jon Meacham

Joseph E. Persico

Glad you joined us, Jason, and your enthusiasm for history is shared by all of us. Enjoy!!!

Hi all. I'm a book cover designer and a big history reader. My favorite time periods are Iron Age / Roman, 18th century, and WWII.

Welcome, Andrew. Glad you could join us.

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Jon Meacham

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Hello Andrew, welcome to the group and hope you enjoy the discussions.

Welcome Andrew to the History Club. Have fun.

Glad you found us, Andrew. There is much here to pique your interest in history. Enjoy!

Hello everyone!

I guess I am quite the newcomer around the group.

My name is Dave, I am from Montreal, Canada.
I am 26 years old, francophone altough bilingual (please excuse the gallicism here and there and plain translation mistakes from time to time.

I have been working for three years in provincial politics in Québec, going through various ministerial cabinets.

My studies are in political sciences, both at the B.A level, completed at Laval University in Québec City and the M.A level, completed at Ottawa University, in Ontario.

I have a keen interest into history, ranging from Antiquity to modern history. I tend to read by phases, stemming from Roman history to Prussian History, etc.

My main interest fields in history is political history. I particularly like the following country/eras : Medieval, France, Great Britain, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Prussia, Germany, Canada, US.

I look forward to participate in this group, hoping I get the way everything functions fast.

Currently, I am trying to read all of Shlesinger's American Presidents serie, before reading the top biographies of each of the Presidents.

I guess this is it for now! A pleasure to be part of the group, looking forward to your knowledge and wisdom and providing bits of mine!

Cheers!

Welcome, Dave and Suzann. Glad you could join us.

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Gary Hart

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Hello, everyone! I'm Aishwarya from India. I'm a law student, and though that doesn't usually leave me a lot of time to read, I love reading any book which is even moderately historical.
I picked up reading books on history after I read Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. I read the bit about Zenobia and felt like writing more about it. Another one of my favorites is Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Currently, I am very interested in reading about the history of Ancient Empires other than the Greek and the Roman. I just finished reading Simon Montefiore's excellent Jerusalem - The Biography, and that kinda sparked my interest.
Well, that's about it. Hope to have a fun time here!

Welcome, Aishwarya. Glad you could join us.

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Edward Gibbon

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Simon Sebag Montefiore

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Welcome Dave, Suzann, and Aishwarya, we are glad to have you with us. By all means explore the threads and participate in the discussions. Glad to have you with us.

Glad you joined us Dave, Suzann, and Aishwarya. There is much here for the history lover. Enjoy!!!

Welcome Dave, Suzann, and Aishwarya. We are a global History Club and your access to group information and participation is quite easy.

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome. Will take some time to get used to the way things work here but looking forward for some interesting discussions!

Hi Andrew, Suzann, Aishwarya, Dave, Jason, welcome to the group.
Apart from all the fascinating discussions on history we also have quite a few fine threads on music - all kinds from all places.
Come and take a look/listen if you like.
Best,
André

Howdy. I'm not new to computers, but I am new to using computers as way to join a community. It's going to take me a while before I know my way around sites and groups such as this. Apologies in advance for the inevitable mistakes. I have a passion for History that began when I was an 18-year-old combat Marine in Vietnam, trying to figure out why we were there. Special interests include the history of Montana, as well as the history of East and Southeast Asia. My mother's side of the family were Montana Metis, my father's side were German engineers and artisans who escaped from Moscow, Russia. My grandfather was a Marine at Belleau Wood; my father was one of the first Marine Raiders. Becoming a Marine was a foregone conclusion in my family. Since then I've been shot, stabbed, run over by my own motorcycle, crash landed more than once in a helicopter, been captured briefly by the Khmer Rouge, seriously chastised by a group of irate motorcycle chicks--the list goes on. Why I am still here is proof positive that the Universe has a bent sense of humor. I mention a little of it not only to introduce myself, but in order to also say that I look at History through the prism of human potential first, all other prisms second. History is made up of people, and when we read about these people they automatically become characters. Where I draw the line is when historical characters cease being people.